Assessment of the nutritional status of children aged 5-12 years using upper arm composition

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 752-759

  Sen, Jaydip ^a   Mondal, Nitish ^b   Dey, Sima ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL   (India)

^b ASSAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

children; India; Muslim; Nutrition; UAMAH

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BODY SIZE; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; ISLAMISM; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MUSCLE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; WEIGHT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADIPOSITY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MUSCLES; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 80054915377     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2011.610358     Document Type: Article

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